Last night was a breezy and very chilly one in downtown Minneapolis, but we were at the Dakota Jazz Emporium for a truly wonderful American Roots Review, Larry Long and group celebrating songs of “freedom, freight trains and hope”. We saw the first of two sets in this standalone program. Anyone who follows Larry Long’s […]
Suggestion: Print the photo (note pdf link) and keep as a ready reference. Add contact information for all your elected representatives, local, state, national. Use it often. This post has been long planned, but is being written in the shadow of the terror in New Orleans at the beginning of New Years Day, 2025. This, […]
I always have resonated with the Carters, and a search of the words “Jimmy Carter” at this site will find many posts. The most recent is October 1, 2024 (the section about Carter is near the end of the post). Enter the words “Jimmy Carter” in the search, and it says the words occur in […]
For Christmas this year I had only a single ask: I wanted to see the just released film on Bob Dylan’s first years in New York, A Complete Unknown. Didn’t see it Christmas Day or the day after, but Friday we took it in at the local Woodbury Theatre, with a healthy size audience. I’d give […]
POSTNOTE, Jan. 11, 2025: Following Christmas came Epiphany on January 5. Johan van Parys, Directory of Liturgy and Sacred Arts at Basilica; of Fr. Joe Gillespie, of St. Albert the Great, wrote more about the story of Christs birth and what it means. Both are accessible here: Epiphany Joe Gillespie Johan van Parys. I looked […]
PRENOTE: There are some very interesting comments at the Syria post from Dec. 9, here. Take a look. POSTNOTES: Here is the text of President Biden’s Dec. 11 speech at the Brookings Institution on accomplishments of the Biden administration 2021-2024. Take the time to read it. Heather Cox Richardson on President Biden’s visit to Angola […]
I most recently used the below map on October 2. My next planned post will be December 12. Also, note comments and addition to the post on the film Separated Nov 7. I am purposely making no comments on the Syria news present and past. I am not an informed voice on the issues […]
POSTNOTE 3 a.m. Dec. 7, 2024: Excellent commentary on Pearl Harbor. Link at end of post. POSTNOTE noon Dec 8, 2024: We watched the entirety of the Separated film last night on MSNBC. It is very well done and informative. Of course, being on TV, there were lots of interruptions for commercials but no problem. I […]
POSTNOTE: See addition at end added Jan. 24, 2025 First, this past weekend was the reopening of the famed Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. There is lots of media about this event. Here’s two snapshots of Notre Dame by my brother-in-law Mike in 1972 (RIP 2006). COLLET My father was 100% French-Canadian. His mother […]
Happy Thanksgiving, wherever you are and however it is for you, this day. For me, it will start as usual at my coffee place, Caribou Coffee, city centre in Woodbury MN. Later a family gathering here in town. I have lots of Thanksgiving Days under my belt, so I know they are no ‘cookie cutter’, […]